Crown view of a woolly mammoth molar from Bird, northern Manitoba (specimen V-1739; illustration by Debbie Thompson) Recently, there seem to have been a lot of stories in the media about the remarkable intelligence of elephants. Scarcely a week goes by without a new science story about how elephants are among the few non-human creatures that are self-aware, about their superb communication skills, about the ways in which they care for…
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Lake Winnipeg Exhibit Nears Opening
It’s nearly here, the culmination of five years of thought, research, design work, programming, and development. Lake Winnipeg: Shared Solutions opens on World Water Day, Saturday, March 22, 2014. It’s been a long process, and I still have to pinch myself to realize that we actually built this thing. It’s amazing to work on a project that is mostly spreadsheets and line drawings for so long, and then in a few short…
Posted in Science Gallery & Planetarium Comments closed
Diorama Details
Closeup of winter travelling scene, Aschkibokahn Diorama Hello, everyone! Kristina’s blog post for this week is going to be a bit different than some of her other posts: Over Reading Week I went to a conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, so I didn’t start any new research. Most of my work since my last blog post has been focused on continuing to figure out what is going to be involved…
Posted in Cultural Anthropology Comments closed
Chris Kelekis and His Family Restaurant
The C. Kelekis Restaurant, a Winnipeg icon renowned as one of the finest diners on the prairies, closed in 2013 after 81 years of service. Located on Main St., it was an eatery that provided more than just good fries: there was always a chance you would meet a friend. The founder of the restaurant was Chris Kelekis (1886-1957). He immigrated from Triglia, a Greek settlement in Turkey, in 1913…
Posted in History Comments closed
Where the Dead Things Are
Recently, Melissa Pearn, our Cataloguer of Natural History collections went on maternity leave. She wrote this blog entry before she left. As a Natural History cataloguer, I have the opportunity to work with some very interesting specimens. I love that my job involves all three areas of natural history – botany, zoology (mostly entomology), and palaeontology/geology. Having studied pollination and reproduction of Lady’s Slipper orchids for my Master’s thesis, I…
Posted in Collections & Conservation Comments closed
